New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nAnd he will do so with in a special jumper that could feature a gold theme, following Collingwood\u2019s request to make the change.<\/p>\n
Pendlebury has already faced criticism for waiting to break Brent Harvey\u2019s 433-game record until Collingwood\u2019s next match at the MCG, and now fans have blasted the \u201ccringe\u201d move.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love Pendles but this is way off,\u201d wrote one fan on X.<\/p>\n
Another added: \u201cSurely this is a laugh! I must have missed Brent Harvey\u2019s special jumper when he broke the long standing record.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis sounds like an April fools joke. This is laughable. How embarrassing,\u201d remarked a third.<\/p>\n
Another commented: \u201cSomeone tell me they\u2019re joking.\u201d<\/p>\n
While it may be a bold move, it is not the first time teams have commemorated such milestones in a special way.<\/p>\n
When Harvey broke the previous record by making his 427th appearance, each North Melbourne player wore the number on their jumper.<\/p>\n
A gold number has even been worn before – by Alex Johnston when he broke the NRL\u2019s try-scoring record last month.<\/p>\n
But Pendlebury may be more liable for criticism after it was reported he will be rested against Hawthorn to allow him to break the record at the MCG.<\/p>\n
Pundit Kane Cornes did not hold back in his criticism as he accused the Pies of prioritising the milestone over the team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sure when at Collingwood it became about the individual and not the team. Scott Pendlebury should be playing this week against Hawthorn, they need him to be playing,\u201d he said on Channel 7.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason he\u2019s not playing against Hawthorn when they desperately need him is because they cooked him, they absolutely cooked him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was chasing a disposals and Anzac Day Medal record that we all loved and all celebrated \u2014 congratulations to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut this is about the team, and Collingwood\u2019s next three weeks \u2014 Hawthorn, Geelong and Sydney. Pendlebury is going to be playing in one of those games.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve beaten St Kilda, Giants, Carlton and Essendon – they\u2019ve beaten no one. He just should be playing this week, they desperately need him against this Hawthorn side.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he\u2019s not because he spent five minutes total on the bench in the second half. He\u2019s 38 years old, he should have played – with this game in control at halftime and certainly at three-quarter time \u2014 five minutes of the last quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe spent the most time on the ground other than Nick Daicos, he spent just over two minutes on the bench in the last quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen has he ever played 92% of a quarter? If they had managed him smartly and played him for 70-80 minutes of the game, he plays this week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Collingwood face Geelong and the Sydney Swans after meeting Hawthorn this week, with Pendlebury\u2019s record breaker set to come against West Coast on May 23.<\/p>\n
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